# Data Mapping cfxdm - dm:dns\_name\_to\_ip

**dm:dns\_name\_to\_ip:** It allows to resolve the FQDN names to IP addresses listed in a column into another column.

**dm:dns\_name\_to\_ip:** Syntax

* **from\_cols** (mandatory)**:** Comma-separated list of column names which has DNS Name (FQDN) values
* **to\_cols** (mandatory)**:** Comma-separated list of column names to store resolved DNS Name (FQDN) names into IP Address.
* **keep\_value** (optional): If it is set to **'yes',** it stores the original value, else it stores the 'null' value. By default, it is set to '**no**'
* **num\_threads** (optional): Number of DNS lookup threads. Must be in the range of 1 to 20, Default is set to 5.

{% hint style="info" %}
This tag uses the DNS servers configured on the host os where **RDA** is installed and running for IP Address to DNS or FQDN name resolution.
{% endhint %}

{% hint style="info" %}
It requires an input dataset or a tag that has one or more columns with DNS Name (FQDN) values.
{% endhint %}

### Example 1:

Step 1: Create an empty **dm\_dns\_name\_to\_ip\_example\_1** using AIOps studio as shown in the below screenshot

![Empty pipeline](/files/-Mg7oOcvRvNSV6NuavRD)

Step 2: Add the following pipeline code/commands into the above-created pipeline as shown in the below screenshot:

You can copy the below code into your pipeline and execute that in your environment.

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*`###### Pipeline creates a dataset with server fqdn and pid runtime`* \
*`###### information on a windows box.`*\
*`###### Pipeline uses dm:dns_name_to_ip function to resolve FQDN DNS name to ipaddress`*\
*`###### dm function uses DNS server from RDA machine where it is installed`*\
\
*`@dm:empty`* \
*`--> @dm:addrow address = 'ec-test1.engr.cloudfabrix.com' & pid = 0`*\
*`--> @dm:addrow address = 'dns-cfx-dc1.engr.cloudfabrix.com' & pid = 1020`*\
*`--> @dm:addrow address = 'cfx-services-dep-01.engr.cloudfabrix.com' & pid = 1020`*\
*`--> @dm:addrow address = 'cfxregistry.cloudfabrix.com' & pid = 1064`*\
*`--> @dm:dns_name_to_ip from_cols = 'address' & to_cols = 'ip_address' & keep_value = 'yes'`*<br>

![Pipeline code added to the empty pipeline created above.](/files/-Mg7r1GL_zvh3yNhj9LL)

Step &#x33;**:** Click verify button to verify the pipeline. RDA will verify the pipeline without any errors (as shown below)

![Pipeline code verified for any errors](/files/-Mg7rYOOEnDsdvTrWdbZ)

Step &#x34;**:** Click execute button to execute the pipeline. RDA will execute the pipeline without any errors (as shown below)

![Pipeline executed without any errors as shown above screenshot](/files/-Mg7s4OsZR4HRzuRTTvR)

Step 5: Verify that the FQDN field as part of the dataset is resolved and print the IP Address using DNS resolution as shown in the below screenshot.

![RDA executes pipeline and resolve FQDN to IP Address using DNS server as shown above screenshot](/files/-Mg7sdrsLuia4O2qn--K)


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